THE DAY AFTER – 10th Italian Cuisine and Wines World Summit

The curtain has just come down on the most comprehensive promotion of Italian Cuisine, restaurants, produce and wines worldwide. Continuity, consistency and professional relevance make the Summit unique.

There is always room for improvement but today we are very happy with this achievement. A big thanks to the chefs, restaurants, partners, sponsors, staff and collaborators: they have been really and truly fantastic. A special thanks also to a lost friend that supported me greatly in the some of the worse moments of my career.

However I want also to thank the many idiots that did their best to slow down, sabotage or dismiss our efforts in these 10 years. They increased our determination to go ahead. I don’t consider the gossipers nor the fake news spreaders among them, particularly those acting under the effects of drugs. But yes, among those who gave us strength, I want to include that misogynous Restaurant Manager who didn’t want to talk to me if my female assistant was present. And that top manager of a long term Summit’s partner brand who found “irritating” that I tried to present them the historic book on the 10 years of the event.

I was not asking him for a sponsorship, the book has no sponsors, it’s a “cultural”, charity oriented, project involving 192 of the best Italian chefs. He didn’t even ask details of the monumental work done, he was just “irritated” by my request.